Kirkwood Leads Iowa Study on Population Trends
Kirkwood Community College will conduct a one-year study funded by a $29,000 federal grant to analyze population and enrollment trends affecting Iowa area vocational schools and community colleges. Selby Ballantyne, Kirkwood superintendent, notes anticipated declines in 18 to 22 year olds in Town within five years, urging planning adjustments to align offerings with state needs. Clifford Brown is named director to coordinate with staff at all 15 area schools.
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Floods Return Worse In All of Philippines
Manila endures the worst natural disaster in Philippine history as monsoon floods sweep Luzon. Ninety percent of Manila flooded and about 80 percent of the labor force unavailable. Toll rises with new deaths, affecting at least 2 million people. U.S. helicopters aid relief efforts amid ongoing monsoon threats and torrential rainfall records.
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Quinn Outlines New Unified Iowa District Court
Quinn, running for district court clerk, told the Exchange Club at Montrose hotel that effective July 1, 1973 Iowa will establish a unified District Court with broad civil, criminal, probate and juvenile jurisdiction. Municipal judges become district associates. justice of the peace courts are abolished and Linn county gains seven judicial magistrates handling traffic, ordinances, preliminaries and search warrants.
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Clerks and Deputies Court Staff Restructure Planned
Clerks and deputy clerks of the municipal court will become deputies of the clerk of the district court. Clerical help will be combined with the district clerk's staff. Federal funds are available to help improve services and reduce property tax levies for the clerk of district court office. When elected, generating federal money will have high priority in my administration.
Four Prisoners Killed in Blaze at Martin County Jail
STUART Fla AP four youthful inmates died when fire swept the maximum security cellblock at Martin county jail late Monday night trapping victims inside locked cells. Sheriff Crowder said three inmates apparently started the blaze with magazines and mattresses then screamed for help as flames worsened. The fourth victim was confined in an adjacent cell upstairs.
Area Churches Move Toward Religious Survey for Key ’73
Fourty five clergy and lay people from Linn county churches met at Westminster to plan a religious preference survey and church clusters for the continent-wide evangelistic thrust Key ’73. A census committee will train callers and process results while a second group will outline how church representatives meet in seminars to discuss six phases of Key ’73. The Sept 11 meeting at First Christian is open to interested persons.
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Beverley Duffy
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Westminster Presbyterian Church
First Christian Church
Earl Dykema
Hotel Bandits Missed Fortune At Plaza Robbery
In New York five polite bandits looted about 50 000 in jewelry from safe deposit boxes at the Plaza Hotel. Authorities say they might have netted up to a million if the crime occurred during a jewelers convention. Detectives note the robbers targeted boxes rented by jewelers who had removed valuables after the convention. The attackers rounded up 21 people, handcuffing 12 men while sparing nine women, drawing comparisons to a previous Plaza heist.
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Jules Sachson
Nixon Juvenile Crime Bill Extends Prevention Act
Washington AP report states the Senate cleared a bill extending the 1968 Juvenile Delinquency Prevention and Control Act for two years. It preserves $75 million annually, concentrates funds on high youth crime areas, and directs at least 80 percent to local youth service programs to prevent juvenile crime.
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Ground broken for main lodge at Camp Wapsie Y
Twenty years ago ground was broken for the main lodge at the new Camp Wapsie Y, the first of about twenty buildings to be erected, marking the start of the camp development phase.
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Guest Soloist Conductor For Municipal Band Night Performance
Lon Ewing will perform a trumpet solo and Dr. Thomas C Slattery will guest conduct at the Municipal band concert at Noelridge park at 8 p m on Wednesday Ewing a Coe college alumnus and past Coe concert band member also attended Kirkwood Community college Slattery a graduate of Eastman and the University of Iowa is finishing a book on Percy Grainger and serves as immediate past president of the Iowa Bandmasters Assn The program features multiple works and soloists with Bever park hosting the season finale Sun
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Thomas C. Slattery
Coe College
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Kennedy High School
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Eastman School of Music
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Initial estimate of light speed reported in 1676
The speed of light was first scientifically estimated as about 180000 miles per second in 1676, with modern measurements placing it at 186282 miles per second.
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